Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair

No way, what did the boy do with the ducats he got?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: way · What happens: do, get · To what, where: boy, ducats

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 785 «Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 way	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 ducats	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ducats	det
11	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 got	nsubj
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 ducats	acl:relcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	no way	the boy		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality
2	do	present	no way		with the ducats	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	way	the ducats not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ducat=Stimulus

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

gave the ducats back to the princess and asked for a better reward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ducats	det
3	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 gave	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 gave	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 princess	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 back	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 asked	cc
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 gave	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 reward	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 reward	det
12	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 reward	amod
13	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past		the ducats					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past						for a better reward	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

gave them to the gardener's kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 gave	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 kids	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gardener	det
5	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kids	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 gardener	case
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past		them = they	the gardener's kids				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to kid=Recipient

Option 3

bought sweets for the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sweets	amod
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 village	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 village	det
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sweets	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	participle							vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

gave all the ducats to the gardener's children, who were very poor and hungry

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 ducats	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ducats	det
4	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 gave	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 children	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gardener	det
7	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 children	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 gardener	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ducats	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 poor	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 poor	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 poor	cop
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 poor	advmod
14	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ducats	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hungry	cc
16	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 poor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	past		all ducats	the gardener's children		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme to child=Recipient
2	is	past	all ducats			poor property	tree rules
3	be		all ducats not said here				tree rules

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